Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael’s Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell’s patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine — until an alert from an AI-based early warning system showed he was sicker than he seemed. While the nursing team usually checked blood work around noon, … Read more
Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how it arrived is not clear, researchers say — perhaps it was in aquarium water — but decades later, thousands of genetic clones of the same organism have been spotted in 34 waterways around the province. … Read more
Would you buy a plane ticket for a loonie? Flair Airlines hopes so. The ultra low-cost carrier says it has launched a $1 base airfare deal for passengers flying back to Canada from sun destinations — but some experts are skeptical of whether the airline can sustain the promo. Flair says the $1 airfares, currently reserved for … Read more
An invasive sea creature with a disappearing anus and a penchant for cannabalizing its own young may have yet another trick up its sleeve. When life is going badly for the sea walnut, it will shrink and take on the shape of its larval form, and stay that way until things are looking up again, according … Read more
Does signing up for Disney’s popular streaming service mean you have agreed to never sue the entertainment giant over anything, forever? That is what Disney argues in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 42-year-old New York doctor whose family claims had a fatal allergic reaction after eating at an Irish pub in Disney Springs in … Read more
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has approved Postmedia’s $1-million bid to acquire Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain. Justice John Keith ruled Thursday afternoon that the proposal is “reasonable and fair,” clearing the way for the Toronto-based media company to buy the insolvent SaltWire Network Inc. and the Halifax Herald Ltd. Earlier in the day, a lawyer representing the … Read more
The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 4.75 per cent, marking the bank’s first rate cut since March 2020. Bank governor Tiff Macklem said in opening remarks that the bank’s monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive. “We’ve come a long way in the fight against inflation. And our confidence that inflation will continue … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he disagrees with a member of his caucus who says he wants to see more restrictions on abortion and would vote against same-sex marriage if there’s a future bill on the issue in Parliament. In an interview with Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, who hosts a podcast called Uncommons, Alberta Conservative … Read more
It all started with a few text messages in late April. Several well-known Canadian scientists — Toronto-based infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Saskatoon-based virologist Angela Rasmussen and Winnipeg-based microbiologist Jason Kindrachuk — were all chatting about the unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy cows. By then, American officials had tracked cow cases … Read more
Cost of Living76:40:00The Great Exhaustion For years, Sabrina Royal worked with one of Canada’s big banks. She worked her way up from an entry-level job to a management position. But that’s when her hours started getting out of hand. “When it was good, I was working 8 a.m. to about 6:30 p.m.,” Royal, 42, told … Read more
